Gun shop owners lose $6 million in lawsuit

[lucas80]

Interesting case. The gun shop owners ignored numerous red flags in prospective buyers, but sold them a gun anyway. The gun was used to seriously injure two cops.
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-...op-must-pay-wounded-officers-nearly-6-million

 

[LuckyNed]

They didn't lose a penny, an appeal will be made, this award was foolish on so many levels.

 

[h-hawk]

This store is notorious for selling guns that wind up in criminals' hands. The linked article is from 2010.

http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970203731004576045692799558876

"As recently as 2005, Badger Outdoors sold 537 guns used in crimes, making it the No. 1 seller of guns used in crimes nationally, according to the lawsuits, which quoted another case brought by the federal bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Since 2003, the bureau has been prohibited by Congress from spending any money to make the list public.

Milwaukee Police Chief Edward A. Flynn has called the Badger businesses "a cancerous lesion." Police have staked out the shop in the hope of catching "straw buyers" in the act, observed felons using the shop's shooting range and arresting felons possessing guns after they left the store."

 

[tarheelbybirth]

They didn't lose a penny, an appeal will be made, this award was foolish on so many levels.

Do tell.

 

[mstp1992]

They didn't lose a penny, an appeal will be made, this award was foolish on so many levels.

I would be interested in knowing the precise legal statutes to support your claim.

 

[dgordo]

I would be interested in knowing the precise legal statutes to support your claim.

Lol, arbitr8 doesn't need a statute.

 

[LuckyNed]

I would be interested in knowing the precise legal statutes to support your claim.

As general rule every case can be appealed. For starters the appeals court exists to review decisions of law and determine if the law was accurately and impartially interpreted. In the case at bar it a jury trial, the person that the appeals court evaluates is the judge, not the jury.

Oh yes Virginia the case will be appealed and overturned.

 

[LuckyNed]

I would be interested in knowing the precise legal statutes to support your claim.

As general rule every case can be appealed. For starters the appeals court exists to review decisions of law and determine if the law was accurately and impartially interpreted. In the case at bar it a jury trial, the person that the appeals court evaluates is the judge, not the jury.

Oh yes Virginia the case will be appealed and overturned.

 

[lucas80]

That is a concise review of how the American legal system works, Arb. Care to provide the specific cases you are depending on for this case to be overturned?

 

[LuckyNed]

That is a concise review of how the American legal system works, Arb. Care to provide the specific cases you are depending on for this case to be overturned?

What is Arb or to be more specific who is Arb?

 

[naturalmwa]

What is Arb or to be more specific who is Arb?

Arb is just the name for a desperately bad poster. You can understand how it might apply.

 

[tarheelbybirth]

What is Arb or to be more specific who is Arb?

The id to your ego.

Or the ego to your id....I can never keep them straight.

 

[ghost80]

The owner of the LGS I frequent has several ways to help deter straw buyers.

In additional to common signage about the penalties for straw purchasing if he gets a whiff of someone buying a gun for someone else he will flat out ask them and then say, "I've got to ask because a lot of my customers are law enforcement officers and if one walks through the door and thinks he is seeing a straw purchase we are going to have a problem".

Works like a charm. Some people find an excuse to back out or leave and not come back while others go ahead with the transaction but don't return and purchase more firearms. He does have a family member who is a LEO so I'm sure that factors into him trying to keep a few guns off the street over a few more dollars in his pocket.

 

[LuckyNed]

Arb is just the name for a desperately bad poster. You can understand how it might apply.

Actually I don't get who you are referring to.

 

[naturalmwa]

Actually I don't get who you are referring to.

You're not alone. Many posters here need a mirror.